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Two fires in Lewiston, Maine this week targeted tenement buildings. Two twelve year olds have been charged in the separate incidents.
LEWISTON A 12-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of felony arson in connection with Friday's fire on Pierce Street.
Lewiston Police Chief Michael Bussiere declined to release the boy's name, citing his age, until he has been formally charged in court.
The charges have been made in connection with a fast-moving fire that destroyed four buildings on Pierce and Bartlett streets late Friday night. One of those buildings was condemned.
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Police said they aren't aware of any connection between the boy charged with Friday's fire and 12-year-old Brody Covey of Lewiston, who was charged last week with three counts of arson in connection with a massive fire that destroyed three apartment buildings at Bates, Blake and Pine streets.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/04/another-12-year-old-accused-friday-fire-left-more/1358971
Lewiston Police Chief Michael Bussiere declined to release the boy's name, citing his age, until he has been formally charged in court.
The charges have been made in connection with a fast-moving fire that destroyed four buildings on Pierce and Bartlett streets late Friday night. One of those buildings was condemned.
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Police said they aren't aware of any connection between the boy charged with Friday's fire and 12-year-old Brody Covey of Lewiston, who was charged last week with three counts of arson in connection with a massive fire that destroyed three apartment buildings at Bates, Blake and Pine streets.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/04/another-12-year-old-accused-friday-fire-left-more/1358971
LEWISTON For 12 years, Kalilwa Kalunga lived as a refugee in Zambia. He moved to Lewiston two years ago with his wife and their five children.
Now, he said Saturday, we start again as refugees.
Kalunga and his family lived in one of the Pierce Street apartment buildings that burned Friday night. They were relocated to the emergency shelter at Lewiston High School. On Saturday afternoon, some members of his family were at the YWCA of Central Maine picking up clothes and shoes.
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Kalunga and his family were among about 100 people ousted from their apartments Friday night; of those, about 50 stayed overnight at the high school.
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Most of the displaced families are Somali immigrants. The Red Cross brought in a number of interpreters to help guide families through the intake process.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/04/more-100-people-seeking-shelter-after-fire/1358992
Now, he said Saturday, we start again as refugees.
Kalunga and his family lived in one of the Pierce Street apartment buildings that burned Friday night. They were relocated to the emergency shelter at Lewiston High School. On Saturday afternoon, some members of his family were at the YWCA of Central Maine picking up clothes and shoes.
...
Kalunga and his family were among about 100 people ousted from their apartments Friday night; of those, about 50 stayed overnight at the high school.
...
Most of the displaced families are Somali immigrants. The Red Cross brought in a number of interpreters to help guide families through the intake process.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2013/05/04/more-100-people-seeking-shelter-after-fire/1358992
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bluedigger
May 2013
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Yeah, that's a bit scary. Do you feel the room getting precipitously colder? n/t
winter is coming
May 2013
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winter is coming
(11,785 posts)1. I have to give mad props to Rodgers and Hammerstein for that song.
Pretty edgy territory for a musical of that era, and dead on target.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)2. Props to you on the moniker.
I was watching a Game of Thrones quiz show on SNL as you posted.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)3. Yeah, that's a bit scary. Do you feel the room getting precipitously colder? n/t
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)4. You're not dressed up in a dragon costume right now are you?
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)5. Snort. n/t